If I don’t get to see an Isaiah Thomas Pizza Guy ads next season on League Pass I’m going to be bummed. They are some of my favorite of the local ads.

But I may not because Thomas may well not be in Sacramento.

The Kings have long been torn on Thomas, even if the fans have not. Thomas is 5’9” and a defensive liability, but he has beaten out every guard the Kings have drafted/brought in to replace him. Last season he averaged 20.3 points a game with a true shooting percentage of 57.4 percent, plus he dished out 6.3 assists a night. He had a PER of 20.5.

Those are the kinds of numbers that will get Thomas, a restricted free agent, paid. Not eight figures, but $6 million at least, maybe a couple million more a season. That’s an issue for the Kings, especially if Rudy Gay opts in for his $19.3 million or re-signs with the team for a healthy contract.